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Technip awarded €100mn EPC contract for Canada oil sands project

France-based Technip said it has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) support contract worth approximately €100mn for the Horizon oil sands project in Fort McMurray, Canada.

LyondellBasell likely to raise US ethylene capacity, may build new cracker - CEO

Global petrochemicals major LyondellBasell is likely to raise its ethylene capacity at two US sites and is considering building a new cracker, CEO Jim Gallogly said on Monday.

Deferred maintenance causes upsurge in pump failures

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

Not addressing the root cause of a failure puts resources and employees at risk

Avoid costly engineering faults, missteps and miscalculations

Alon USA: Sanghavi, K.

Experience does count, especially in achieving success in capital and revamp projects

Consider new materials for ethylene furnace applications

Manoir Industries: Verdier, G.  |  Carpentier, F.

An innovative metallurgy solves maintenance issues

Spiral heat exchanger in desalter service solves fouling issues

Alfa Laval: Wajciechowski, C.

Technology offers problem-free operation along with considerable maintenance savings

Case 62: Useful shaft stress equations to remember

Consulting Engineer: Sofronas, A.

Committing several equations to memory can be useful

Update on designing for high-fouling liquids

Fluor Corp.: Nesta, J.
Heat Transfer Research, Inc.: Coutinho, C. A.

A critical analysis of shell and tube exchanger systems looks at ‘clean and dirty’ service performance

Review unit-wide impacts on closed-drain drums

Consultant: Mukhopadhyay, R.

API 521 standard helps decipher the correct operating pressure for this system

Design an efficient exchanger network

KBS Co: Rikhtehgar, F.

Advanced heat integration and pinch technology reduces energy consumption